Tools

• Comprehensive overview of ACF-PI-10-11
  This powerpoint presentation is a comprehensive overview of PI-10-11. ACF-PI-10-11 provides title IV-E agencies comprehensive information on the provisions of titles IV-B and IV-E as a result of the amendments made by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, P.L. 110-351. In addition to providing new guidance on the option for a title IV-E agency to extend assistance for the foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and/or kinship guardianship programs to an eligible youth age 18 and older up to age 21, this instruction provides additional guidance on the other provisions of P.L. 110-351 and the flexibilities afforded to a title IV-E agency in complying with the law. This instruction also provides instruction on changes to the titles IV-B/IV-E plan requirements as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).
• WEBINAR: Fostering Connections and Health
  The slideshow presentation from the 9/21/10 webinar on Fostering Connections and Health.
• Healthy Foster Care America Website
  This site was developed as a place where professionals and partner organizations can find the latest information, facts, and figures on the health care of children and teens in foster care, including ready-to-use tools and resources. Foster parents or kin may also find these materials helpful in caring for the health needs of children and teens in their care.
• Health Visit Report
  A sample Health Visit Report from Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program.
• Health Status Outcome Measure Score Sheet
  A sample outcome measure score sheet from Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program.
• Health Data Report
  A sample Health Data Report from Utah's Fostering Health Children Program.
• Authorization to Disclose Health Information
  A sample Authorization to Disclose Health Information from Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program.
• Designation of Responsibility for Payment for a Child in Foster Care
  A sample designation of responsibility for payment for a child in foster care from Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program.
• SAFE Screen Shots
  Sample screen shots from Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program's SACWIS system (SAFE).
• National Indian Child Welfare Association on Mental Health
  The website for the National Indian Child Welfare Association on Mental Health
• Native American Child Health
  Information on Native American Child Health from the AAP.
• Circles of Care
• Native American Children and Youth Well Being Indicators: A Strengths Perspective
  This paper is the result of an exploratory research project that investigated Native American well being indicators for children and youth from a strengths perspective. The research presented builds on previously conducted research on Native American well-being indicators for children and youth.
• Native American Kids, 2001. Indian Children's Well Being Indicators: Databook
  This report presents a literature review of 10 well-being indicators for American Indian and Alaska Native children.
• Title IV-E Plan Pre-print
  The attached pre-print from the Children's Bureau incorporates the statutory provisions of P.L. 110-351 that are effective through FY 2010

Research & Reports

• Health Screening and Assessment for Children and Youth Entering Foster Care: State Requirements and Opportunities
  This issue brief reports on a 50-state survey conducted by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) to understand the extent to which child welfare agencies require physical, behavioral, and oral health screenings and follow-up assessments upon a child's entry into foster care.
• Cortisol Production Patterns in Young Children Living With Birth Parents vs Children Placed in Foster Care Following Involvement of Child Protective Services
  This study examined differences in waking to bedtime cortisol production between children who remained with birth parents vs children placed in foster care following involvement of Child Protective Services (CPS).
• State Practices for Assessing Health Needs, Facilitating Service Delivery, and Monitoring Children's Care
  A report by the GAO on Foster Youth Health
• Addressing the Health Care Needs of Foster Care Children
  This brief highlights a number of critical health concerns and policies impacting children in the foster care system.
• Children in Foster Care: Challenges in meeting their health care needs through Medicaid
  An overview of the challenges of meeting the health care needs of foster youth through Medicaid.
• Medicaid and Financing of Health Care for Children in Foster Care: Findings from a National Survey
  An overview of findings on Medicaid and Financing of Health care for Children In Foster Care
• Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Youth
  A report on medicaid cuts and the effects on youth in foster care
• Children Discharged from Foster Care: Strategies to Prevent the Loss of Health Coverage at a Critical Transition
  Kaiser Family Foundation report on health of foster care children at transition time
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Among Youth in Foster Care
  This brief makes recommendations for how federal, state, and local governments can use provisions in the Fostering Connections Act to help young people in and transitioning out of foster care to get the education and health services they need to avoid teen pregnancy.
• Trauma Exposure in American Indian/Alaskan Native Children
• Screening foster care children doubles detection rate of potential developmental problems
  The addition of a simple and systematic screening among children in foster care doubled the detection rate of developmental disabilities in a population that is at high risk for developmental problems. The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published in Pediatrics in January 2010 shows that universal screening is feasible in a busy pediatric practice.
• Securing Child Safety, Well-being, and Permanency Through Placement Stability in Foster Care
  Provides an overview of how to achieve successful placement stability within foster care.
• "Green Book"- Child Welfare section
  The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee "Green Book" section on child welfare includes information on federal programs dedicated to child welfare purposes, including program requirements, spending and characteristics of children served.
• Child Welfare Outcomes 2003-2006: Report to Congress
  Child Welfare Outcomes 2003-2006: Report to Congress is a report created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) to meet requirements of section 203(a) of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA).1 ASFA amended section 479A of the Social Security Act to require an annual report on State performance. Child Welfare Outcomes 1998 was the first report created in the Child Welfare Outcomes series of reports.

Analysis

• Summary and Section-by-Section Description of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (H.R. 6893)
  This memorandum provides a section-by-section overview of major provisions included in the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.
• Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008: New Opportunities for Children in Foster Care and Beyond.
  This Powerpoint presentation provides an introduction to the new law, background on key provisions, the potential impact on children and families, and an information to guide implementation.
• Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Implementation Issues and a Look Ahead at Additional Child Welfare Reforms
  This brief summarizes the Fostering Connections Act and examines implementation issues.
• Summary by ACF/DHHS of the Title IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
  An overview of the Title IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations submitted to the Administration for Children and Families.
• Resources from CLASP on policies and programs related to the Fostering Connections Act
  An array of resources by the Center for Law and Social Policy on policies and programs related to the Fostering Connections Act.
• Resources from CWLA on policies and programs related to the Fostering Connections Act
  An array of resources by the Child Welfare League of America on policies and programs related to the Fostering Connections Act.
• Resources from CDF on policies and programs related to Fostering Connections Act
  An array of resources by the Children's Defense Fund on policies and programs related to the Fostering Connections Act.

Training

• Comprehensive overview of ACF-PI-10-11
  This powerpoint presentation is a comprehensive overview of PI-10-11. ACF-PI-10-11 provides title IV-E agencies comprehensive information on the provisions of titles IV-B and IV-E as a result of the amendments made by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, P.L. 110-351. In addition to providing new guidance on the option for a title IV-E agency to extend assistance for the foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and/or kinship guardianship programs to an eligible youth age 18 and older up to age 21, this instruction provides additional guidance on the other provisions of P.L. 110-351 and the flexibilities afforded to a title IV-E agency in complying with the law. This instruction also provides instruction on changes to the titles IV-B/IV-E plan requirements as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).
• WEBINAR: Fostering Connections and Health
  The slideshow presentation from the 9/21/10 webinar on Fostering Connections and Health.